GRE Word List

JUXTAPOSE

to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)

The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).

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WordMeaning
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arbitera person with power to decide a dispute : judge
qualmsa feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety
misapprehensionto apprehend wrongly : misunderstand
libertinea freethinker especially in religious matters
vicaran ecclesiastical agent: such as
careera profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling
retrogradehaving or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars
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